Sleep quality during exam stress: the role of alcohol caffeine and nicotine

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-308623
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.30862

Zunhammer, Matthias ; Eichhammer, Peter ; Busch, Volker

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Abstract

Academic exam stress is known to compromise sleep quality and alter drug consumption in university students. Here we evaluated if sleeping problems and changes in legal drug consumption during exam stress are interrelated. We used the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) to survey sleep quality before, during, and after an academic exam period in 150 university students in a longitudinal ...